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Curious Races in Ostrava
2006-08-02
In
the 3,000m steeplechase the final lap was signalled 400 metres too soon. The
Kenyan Paul Koech didn’t notice the fault, increased the pace and raised his
arms when he crossed the finish line. By the time he realized that there was
still one lap to go it was too late. The Austrian Gunther Weidlinger was away
and won in 8.25.67 minutes. „This was a crazy race. According to the time I
knew that we still had two laps to run at the bell,” said Weidlinger after the
race.
On
the same evening another novelty happened in the 3,000m race. The Kenyan Joseph
Ebuya thought that the race would end where it had begun – after lap seven,
2800 metres respectively. Raising his arms in what he thought was a victory the
18 year-old Kenyan crossed the 2,800 m mark on the backstretch and stopped
running. The others passed Ebuya and Tariku Bekele, the brother of world record
holder Kenenisa, won the race after 3,000 metres in 7:36.44.
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